A Hood-Bye. Fulling 1U Mid fading tmn. Line* o( white in a ■alien em, Sha a ■O that at the age ot forty In wits t -k --oned the " warmest " man there —an al derman who had btt ii twiee mayor oj his city, a church warden and a vt ry popular character among tire fair - \ hy reason of his being a haclnior. (bo or two tiling- mor on'.v were wanted ti complete hi- happin> ># namely, a JlH>< wife, a nice lilt.. <>: at- in the country, and the honor of ktiighth.xx!. Mr Pottridge wishivl to be* ome Sir Thomas Pottridge. Having cherished this idea, and re-oh ed. indetxl, that h> woulc. not propo* for the l. uid of pretty Mi I.u y IVdt, the banker's daughter unti lie could makt her a ady-liip. Mr. Pott ridge ended by thinking that he could best secure hi- object by causing I.tin sel I' to bt re-elc ted may ir. and arrang ing if possible that 11. B. 11. the Princi of ,\V:i .s Bbould pay a visit to Small thorough during the term of hi- olii . lnt< nt upon this scheme. Mr. Pot-ridg came up to town to call upon Ixird Ilea -on-tie'd. leird B-at on-ti <-ul heark ened kindly to the grocer's prayer. Smallbovoafth VMabout to inaugural' some pubii. baths. tir< men: of tlu- AinAcrer wn in the town, am! nothing cmd he more suitah.e that that the heir to the throne should pre side over the ceremonial. "Truly." said the Premier politeiy, when he had heard the alderman speak, " the cleanli ness of the people must always be a mat ter ot inti r-sting eom-ern to those who are brought int" relations with them, f shall be happy to take her imyestyV commands on the—ahem!—public spiri ted projHtsal which you have laid befor. me." "If you ran manage it. my lord, 1 should be glad if the visit could take place some time aft- r the 9tli of Novem ber next, tor I shall l>e mayor then ami able to see that the reception given i> : proper one." "Ail, quite -•>!" anrweretl bnl Be;i con-field, dropping BIS eyeglass, for 1P had studied Mr. Pottridge through and knew the man by heart. Leaving Whitehall. Mr. Pottrit. and a be walked along life mcd rosy to bitr. heeaus<' of Miss Dott. He b-gan to -tar into thesbop windows, admiring pr- My things which lie was tcmptetl to buy for liis lore. He xv.-t- turning over thi fancy and fumbling wistfully at tin pocket where the eheck-bx>k iay wh< t suddenly he beheld through the wintloxx a curious sight. An elegantly dn --• d lath was seated at the counter examining pieces of Brussels lace. Th-' shopman averted his head for an instant and she deftly whipped up a yard of the costly texture ami transferred it to In r pocket. The shopman spread over the counter a number of square flat bjxe- containing cambric handkerchiefs and on ->- roor< turned away. Again the lady's deft hand went to work anil a couple o! handkerchiefs found tln ir way under her cloak. "Now tliat woman mu-: have capacious pockets, ' -<> iit.quiz'-tl the astonished Mr. Pottridge. " She's a cunning thief, anyhow, and I'll ju-t step in and warn the firm." He hesitated a moment and whil-t le hovered shout the doorway the lady came out escorteti by an obsequious commissionaire with medals on hi breast. A footman, one of a row bask ing on a bench liko oyster-, rose and signal'-d to the coachman of a hand somely appointed brougham, who at once drove forward. Evidently this lady was not an ordinary thiel. Sle was a tall, dark person •>! abut thirty, superbly dressed anti v-ry handsome. Perceiving Mr. Pottridge and -e.-irtg hi glance fixed on her a- sle- waited for b r carriage she eyed him with aristwrati' superciliou.-ne-s and thereby settled lu-r fate, for Smallbirougli's altferman. who could not brook the disdain of a shop lifter, hurried into the mercer's and • \ plained what had happened, sneaking in so exeited a voice that a number ol customers heard hhn. Great commotion was caused by lii announceinent, and the shopman who had served her was quickly fired by tin idea that he had let himsc'fbeoutwitted. Darting nut of the -bop In- accosted tie thief as she was stepping into her car riage ami said: "Will you come back, if you please? There is some mistake." "What mistake?" ask'd she, turning round with a flash in her eyes. But she grew ashy pale. "Come Lack, please," repeated the shopman, a pushing young man, whose voice broke from emotion. A small crowd had already collected nd the lady was obliged to retrace her steps; but as she was about to enter the sliop she slipped her hand into her pocket and let a piece of lace fall on to the pavement. " No, ma'am, that won't do,'' cried Mr. Pottridge, seizing th" thiol's wrist. "You're going to pre tend those things fell by accident into the folds of your dress; we know that trick." And officiously acting as searcher he plunged his hand into tin pocket despite the lady's struggles and drew out a second piece of lace, three cambric handkerchiefs, two pairs of new glov -\ one pair ot silk stockings and a ladv osilk cravat. " M ell. I never!' ex claimed the pushing shopman, and there was a murmur among the I*- standers, including the lady's own foot man, who looke ' like a powdered figure of constern; ion. " How dart 1 y< ," screamed the iatly, urple with rage uid mollification, as site glared at Mr. Pottridge; " I'll pros>-- cute you for assault. I told the shop man here that I meant to buy these things. Let the bill be sent to my ad dress: I'm Mrs. Pounceforth-Kcane." "1 dessay," resumed the shopman, "but I'm going to give you into cus tody;" And running to the door, he FKED. KURTZ, Kilitor and K'ropriotor. VOLUME XII. lavkoncd to a blue-coated member of the force. One of the partners of the linn, a gray, civil ,-poken man, who had IHVH summoned from his slu.lv, now came forward; ami lie vva -it first 111-(h>m-.1 to rebuke the haste of hi- shopman, but it vv as i, HI late, l'ln policeman bad already entered, and all the shopmen and shop-girls, the customer* and the di-nltory (HMpie erxivvding around tin ilox't . vv.-rv in-t.-uit in chorusing that th. t hii-t -hould IH- made an example of Mr-. U.'Utn' fortli-Keat-.e, -is-ing pubii. opinion > dead against her. utti'ivd a hovv 1, and f. 11 swooning to the fl.su "Never mind that, vv.'.l >o.-ti rott-c her." -aid the policeman, faivtiou-ly, for he did not y.t know that lie had to ileal with a lady who kept a brougham. " I'lie magistrate i.- sitting now at Marilmrxvugh street; w.-'l- ju-t go there at once and liav. her charged." I'his arrangement wa> acceded to. and in a few minutes the lady and the policeman t who ha.) got abashed Ivy this time from milling hiui-eifseated on the silk cushion- of a carriage? wet.- riding to th police couit in Mrs. I'oun.-elorth- K.-ane'- own v. hi e. while Mr. l'ot tri.ige, the shopman and the mercer tol ovv ui on fivt to give evidence. t>ti' would think that in a ease where the offence was flagrant and the t.-sti mony so clear the magistrate might have -enti-need the defendant straight ofl t> -i\ months' imprisonment, and m ilisxl, had the thief fwvn a person of the lower ordei -. it would probably have lon Iter fate to be convicted summarily. But it turned out that i'outu elortli- Ki'.uie was tin real name of l'-eel-gant shoplifter, whose liusnand vva- a pi-r>on tu.'v i"g. as reporters say. " in the I" -t ranks of society " Mr. I'outu. forth- Keane was -• tu for. ati.l arriv.d lr ith iess in a hansom from one of the l>. st ' lui- in Pa.'. Mall. At tin -ight of hint hi- wife, who had be. it itH-ked up for an hour in a police cell, wept profu-. lv. and Mr. P. K. vva- iiiniseif much agitated He asked for a remand, and tendered hai.. saying lie -h.iuld nr.Hiuee m.alieai .•vidence to the o very -HUi Mrs. Pouneeforth-K-ane t<>t : n-.l out of .xuvrt weeping lik' t vi.-titu, on her husband's arm; and Mr U -ttn lj. vva k.al away with the shopman and ti. civi!-s(M.kcn men >r. A 1 three w.-r --er.-tfa.li it. as if tin y had counnit: d \ blunder. "This will IH- a very bad affair for me." grumbled the ntercer. " 1 would have lost a bund ml yard* of hue soon>-r tlian appear in ix.urt against a la.iv like thi-." "Well, hut she's a thief," cried Mr. Pottridge. rousing himself and -p.-nki-g with -pirit. "What harm can -he or her triends do you?" " Are you quite sure you saw h.-r st. V. the things?" a-keil the merer, gloomily. " B'-sides. supposing -he did put them in her po-kit, she say-that -In-told my shopman to send her the bill. " " I'm hanged if she did," ejaculated the shopman, indignantly. " Silenee. sir,"t ansvveml the men-er. with a -tern frown. Iftl j- IH- n-ally a case of theft you are self-condemned, for you ought to have kept your ey< - alniut you. F< r sometime past I havi notiis-d that you have been very negligent in Tin- shopman coilapM-xI; as tor Mr. l'ottridg.-, tie trudged hack to his hotel, feeling half inciinixl to go and as* 1.-nl B-u-onstield what lie ought to do. I'he ease had Us-n adjourned for a we. k. -r. ho travel'd back to Sina':llH>rougb in the evening, and hy the time he reached hi native town he had worried hints* if up into a state of contempt for the mercer :xnd the metropolitan stipendiary, who -'■eincd to draw a distinction b.tw<-n well-dres-i'd anil ill-dp- >i plunderer*. Mi--tin-g Mr. Bungs, the brewer, n ar the railway station, he gave him an ac count of what had happened, and was liearkeneil to with sympathy until In mentioned the name of Pounc-forth- Kcane; th-n Mr. Bung- (urs"l up hi lii -. " M'hy. b• me.ihat -tin-i-i'U-in of Ird Keynso'e. brother-in-law "i our lord li> utenant!" "What diff'-ren.-e d.n-s that make'" stammered Mr. Pottridge, like a man who f.a-is less sure of his ground. "Oh, mulling, except that I >! -n't se why a lady of that sort should commit robberies, responded Mr. Bungs. Further down the stns-t Mr.Pottrid. \ who was rubbing his pate in rather vio lent perplexity, encountered .Mr. Dott. the tianker. whose daughter Lu y In- IOV.HL " Pounce-forth - K'ane !" c gan to go wrong somehow with Mr. Pottridge. It sccim-ila* though hi* long luck had forsaken him. On the morrow of his adventure in lsimlon. Mr. Chuek'u worth. ttn pr n'-ipnl solicitor in the towfl, who was Keynsole's legal advi-er. passed him in the str<'-t with out nodding, and later in the day Mr. C. sentastiff note liegging that Mr. Pot tridge would send in his biii, and inti mating that she would thenceforth pur • c-iiase her groceries at another house. Now the Chuckleworths h.-nl always been excellent customers of Mr. l'ot tridge. This was bad enough, but worse was to follow. Next day some-inspectors <>j weights and measures arrived at the alderman's shop and found a piece of lard sticking under his scales. They declared they should make a report of the fact. Scarcely had they gone, leav ing thegrocer sneecliless with confusion, than two well-dressed strangers entered and bought some tea, brown sugar, cocoa, pepper and a pot of mustard; after which they stated that they were public analysts, who were going to ex amine the quality of these goods. They examined tlieiu. in truth, so fast that ! two days later Mr. Pottridge received a j summons to answer a charge of putting birch twigs in his tea, sand in his sugar, turmeric in his mustard, clay in his" cocoa, etc. Mr. Pottridge shrugged his shoulders at tirst, taking it for granted that the charge would be dismissed hy his brother magistrates, Messrs. Dote Bungs and company: hut before the eats came on for hearing it fortuitously tran spired that Mr. Pottridge had been up to London interviewing Lord Beacons field for the purpo-"s we know, and this made the other aldermen furious. Mr. Bungs, the brewer, was particularly angry, and declared that Pottridge was a traitor, insomuch as the poor grocer, instead of having a friendly bench to judge him, found a very stern one. "I am sorry for you, Mr. Pottridge," said Mr. Dott, who sat as chairman. THE CENTRE REPORTER. >1 "but men in \oiir position should set an example You are fined on each a .xmnt, with costs; total, A'l'Al." • I 111-starred Pottridge! lie leA the e i-ourt politically and so. i.illv done for, 1 for tic could no longer hope to he r. i. c .vted mavor nor to marry Mi-- Dott d 11. should have, moreover, to resign hi* n aldermanship, and bis personal eharac • ter, as w .-ll as that of hi- tea, sugar and > mu-taivl, was ruined ; "V> ruined was Mr. Pottridge that when tie went to London to give evi dent > against Mr- Potine. foi tli-K. aii. a th. tirst.juc-tioti a*k.l him by thci-oun -.1 ior the deb lis. i b.Ustt ling Old •' Bail.y barrister was. "I believe vou r have just been convicted ot selling u adulterated g.Hid- and at ialse weight? "I t • evplaiu." stamtm t d j..Hr t Pottridge. >' "No explanations, -ir. Giv me a plain answer, yes or no!" " Y' -. tin ti." <* " \Yi .1, then, if you are liable to make • mi-take- altout your weight-, you may '' err in other things." { "P. rliap-," rv plied tin' grocer, ties - p< rati !y. " I may hav b.-t-n mistaken in - tldiiking tiiis lady was a thief. 1 have - had enough of bother about tin- bu-i --n- " "You ought to h ashamed of your >' tlippant conduit. -ir;" cried tip-counsel, - harshly, and the wretched gr e.-r hob -1 bled out of the vvitn.- -IHX feeling very I iut an iitdtv-ti. After this e.uifessititi of - possible error tin the part of the chid witne-s tiie ■ ae against Mrs Pouin ■ - fortli-Kt me w is, ot course, dismissed, and Mr. Pottridge slunk <>ut of • t>. though the 300 saitHiiis in the city held out their Ite-t inducement-. 1 was sur prised at this, as one of ihe notable fleets o! the great altitude ot the place (10 300 let aitove the level ot the seal is tlsat all fermented .iquor* intoxicate much uiori <;uiek!y than at lovver eleva tions. The boiling point, owing to the decrease ~f atmosplp-rie prx-sure. i much lower tlian at tT i it* a go, nntl t li.- aieohol is MM.ner vapori/ed and taken into the eireulathui. prtalucing intoxi at ion tuueh quicker. Ttie boiling point of water here is about I'.IO degrees, insb el of'il'i degret , the efl'tx-t of which in ladling la-ana. eggs. p,>!atoi -. etc., i- that it rtsjuir- s a longer time to eta>k thein in an open vessel, and it is nta-ess.iry to k. •: tin (Hit well covered or the water will va porize ami eseape before being raised to the iequisite degree of heat for thorough c.a'hing. At this < .-vation much more air is rtsiuiretl to till and satisfy the lungs, and breathing must be quicker in order t<> properly o.vygeniz the hiood. It is said. ttat. tiiat after one has been here for some time the coloring matter of the blood becomes darker. ta-lnt -lt,hifi) Its.iii llie p. rox iib- to the ses.|uioxide of iron W itii aia rmn suf fering under any difHru.ty or d*"i*e o! the heart, the effect of any severe or .ong-continu* d exertion'is to eauae a dangerous degr.-e of palpitation, and even with persons entirely well the puis- runs extremely iiigh. There an- other and notahie fa.-ts con nected witli this altitude. Tilite ar-- very few birds seen h'-re—perhaps for the riason that flying is difficult in tin light air. The common house fly, the summer ja-st of our Eastern housekis-p --ers, i- unknown liw. There nr.- some ol the out-dimr bluebottle variety, hut they seem languid and tired, it I- -aid. also, that cats cannot lix'e 'i.-re. This i prohably ow ing to t!i>-ir delicate organi zation laung unable to ri si-t tlit rigor of the night air. So lie "voire- of the night" are not lieatd in this locality, and laadja' k- ar<- re-, rvd fof their natural usi-s. Another result ot the iightne-s of tin air is that, having so little density, it is easily heat. d by artificial means Our nights an uniformly cold—so cold that it i- uncomfortable to sit without a fir. : hut a f.-w pine chips or small stick- will warm an apartment very quickly. At the -am.- time the sun's rays do not seem to'liave the heating power that they .i. in lovver elevations. This -coins to run ;irm the theory that there is no -übstnn- : tin! caloric iu tip- rays of tin- -tin. but that the heat is the result of chemical action generated by the direct rays with the elements of the atmosphere—tin auu>unt and degree of action varying with the dir.- tm*- "f the rays and tin density of the atmosphere. While standing high upon these mountains. -v< n at a distance fn m any spow-drifts and where the air is still, the suniim-r sun lias onlv suflici nt power to make the air refreshing an I pleasant, wliih you on the plains art -we ltering under at irrid heat. In the si.-nb- of a rock or two it is always cool enough. The effect of the altitude is the same as that experienced by balloonist*, who in ascending from the surface of tie earth, even on the hottest day. soon lind it necessary to don his overcoat and warmest clothing. In the night here a good surply ofbiankets is always neces sary: and nearly every morning heavy frosts are found, and sometimes thick scales of ice are formed. The crests of sonte of the mountains and many of tin deep ravin'-s upon their sides are still full of masses of sn vv so compact that one can walk over them without -ink ing. A day or two ago, in visiting a mine close to the summit of Mount Bros*. I was compelled to cross a field of snow hanging overt lie edge which must have been a mile in length and probably in places twenty-five f.-et in depth. An Underground Lake. The Tlemccn Courier (Algeria) de scribes a wonderful discovery recently marie at the picturesque cascade* of that place. Some miners had blasted an enormous r • k near the cascades, and on removal of the debris found it had covered a large opening into a cave, tin floor of which wa* covered with water. 4'oiutrueting a rude raft, and providing themselves with candle*, tin- workmen sailed along this underground river, which, at a distance of sixty meter*, was found to merge into a large lake of limpid water. The rrwif of the cavern was very high and covered with stalac tites. the brilliant colors of which sparkled under the light of the candles. Continuing tlu-ir course, the workmen had at certain places to navigate their craft between the stalactites, which, meeting stalagmites from the bed of the lake, formed enormous columns, which looked as if they had been made ex pressly to sustain the enormous are lie*, l'hey thus reached the extremity of the lake, where they noticed a large channel extending toward the south, into which water quietly made its way. This is supposed to he a large issue which has baffled exploration* hitherto at Sebdon, and which connects the cascades with that locality, and thus xvirii the mysteri ous sources of the Tafna. It is possible that here they have found an immense natural basin, supplied by powerful sources, and sending a part of its waters toward the lake, while the rest goes to Sebdon. The workmen estimated the distance underground traversed by tlieni at three kilometers, and the breadth of the lake at two. The brought out with them a quantity of fish, which swarmed around the raft, and which were found to be blind. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST L'K, 187!>. A I'lrulr Kipcrlrirr. "What tin* \untry really wants," said Mr til me, thought lutly, it* he ioi Li i 111* tillgtft tiVi'r his knee. "i* a l.nt making it it penitentiary oil. nee to in to :i pit nil- \\ luti is it in.iuii t Mr i'ltipp*, put *tii 1 tli. -uh i.'. t further • I w tli it. 11 riU- it over to vou. In tlu> lint place, \ 4 iu vvriiit lo gel tin' tln riiiom. 1.1 up to UW in tin' simile, inn! to keep it there steauily. \\ itli not \\ iiitl enough hint* to m:tk< t lent In i.ihle. lln n you nl in the cars, niltl go out lo Mime plane a lew mill * nearer to the equator than where you iivi . ami when you alight Iroui the train you discover that the pienie ground I* right on top ot' an ailjae. nl hiii. I'lu r. is no tehiele within reit.li, ami so start up the siile of the preeipie. vt itli a bask, tlul of pro* isbnis uponeaeh arm. ami a Imttie ol IN i NIL picka- HI your coal tail pocket. I'hefe is no sha.le upon the preeipii. , tI course, ami a* you push upward you lm-onie hotter uitl hotter, until you feelconviiieetl that the inen urv must hat <• . raw .< ul that the iarol raspberry jam on everything. in eluding lour hairbrush ami the clean shirt collar that you brought along to w ear home in the afternoon. " At tliis moment some om as. ert iin that there is no w aier on the top ot the iiiil. The nearest spring is a lull ha.f mile downward at the hottotn of tie pfi ipiee. ami the water lias to li> brought up in buckets, laits are drawn to S.T who shall go for it. and you an . Uie of the victims. When * oil get \otil first two buckets up you nr. dr. n led witli perspirnli n, ami y.'U fe*l pretty nearly ready logo into a hospital lor r.- At this critical juncture om ii the voting ladie* ileclari-s that it would b. ■ o niee if tiiere eoyld In-a suing, and the 'eading male i lint of tie- party prodin . * , rope from i bundc \uu suppos t course, that he intend* to put it up; Ur u JH in inquiry you are alarm.d that neither he nor any otlu r of tin* men know s anything at out climbing in ks \,.u. on tie* trip pp. ha* ■■ impudent . boasted of your youthful feats in gath • ring chestnuts, there i* no ipe i.u you. ami so, taking one end ol the rope in your mouth, you cinhi t e th trunk of the tree and i* .in. Wlon you *oj haek two or lima* time tin* Indie* augli,* ami the men who don t know how to climb make amusing remarks atmut tin disordered conilith n of your e.othing •" Youreaeli tli - loWW In am h. s Th. men who were total.*' ignorant of tree climbing show by the advi.-e they give you that they know more nlioUt fixing sW ing-rop. s than a man ought to be a iow. dto know in a Ins* country When the rope at last is adjustisl. you grasp it and g.iiie down w itli *u It rapidity as to remove the skin from the palum ol your hands. " Next, tin* fattest young lady in the patty, the girl who turn* the* < * at VII founds, asks if you will push her in the swing; but. ot eourse. you an* tar too intelligent for that, so wander off a pieee until you most another girl who -*ys you must daiua* with her. beeaust tti'ev have to have one more gentleman n. make up the set. It you had your .-likiiee between ir ad upon tlie grass; and you observe that tin* ants have gotten into tin* sugar, that* some em rgetic spider has spun a web from the pick le-bott ie to the lemon ade pitch- r, and that a eoiony of strad dle bugs j t isking about over the cold ham. I say nothingalmut tie hop-load .hat lights in among the nanitwiiiim, or of the huinbl. i HI s that haunt tin- pre serve jar s.i that jou daren't put a within four feet of it. This kind ot thing h.-is to tie on a pienie, and w > must submit to it as a matter of duty. " After iuneli, you think it would lw niee to go down the hill and takeaswim in tin* ern'k You undre*., and realiv do have a nice hath. .lust as you are about to eome out, the fat girl and tin* girl who wanted you to dance come meandering along, and tln v sit down within twenty feet of your clot lies, w itli* out perceiving them. Ik. * liave eome for a little t hat ; and they talk, and t i k. i and taik. as it they have made up their minds to have one tlnal and eonelttsivi conversation, *o its to leave nothing to be talked alxiut anv more fore*. r and fofver. Meanwhile th-'un is eoloring vmi so that you resemble a boiled olister. and although you elear your throat, and splash, in the noi*. -t man ner possible, they positively refuse to 1 hear you. At la*t. however, they get up to go, just as tin*pienie party is com ing down the hill to catch tin* train. " You jump out. and dr- ** in furious haste, for fear you will !"• left; and be fore you can get your -lines buttoned you hear the whistle. You run for tt. and get into the ear. hot, wet and mis erable, only to find that your luneh bas ket has licen left on tin hill, and that your share of the expenses is exactly fifteen dollars. " Niee picture, isn't it? Well, that's otir American pienie! That's exactly the experience I went through last Thursday week. If I ever doit again. I w ant my friends to run me right into an insane asylum, on the double-quick.'' Max A'ltlrr. The Stomach of the Horse, The horse's stomach has a capacity of only about sixteen quarts, while that of tin* o\ lias two hundred .and fifty. In the intestines this proportion is reversed, the horse having a capacity of one hun dred and ninety quart*. against one hun dred <>f the ox. I'hc ox and most oilier animals hav a gall-bladder for the re tention of a part pf the bile secreted during digestion; the horse Iris none, and the bile flows directly into tlie intes titi" sas fast as secreted. This eonstrui - tion of the digestive apparatus indicates that tlie horse was formed to eat slowly, and dig' -t continually bulky and innu tritnus food. When fed on hay it passes very rapidly through the stomach Into tin* intestines. The horse can eat hut live pounds of liny in an hour, which is charged, during mastication, with four times its own weight of saliva. Now the stomach, to digest it well, will contain hut about ten quarts, and when tlie ani mal eats one-third of his daily rat ion, or seven pounds, in one and one-half hours, lie has swallowed at least two stomachs lull of hay and saliva, one of these hat - ing passed to tlie intestines. Observation lias shown that the food is passed to the intestines by the stomach in the order in which It is received, it we feed a horse six quarts of oats it will just till his stomach, and if. as soon as he finishes this, we feed him the above ration of three, pounds of hay. he willeat sufficient in three-quarters of an hour to have forced the oats entirely out of his stom ach into the intestines. As it is the ofl'nv of the intestines to digest the nitrogenous parts of tlie feed, and as a stomaehful of oats contains four or five times as much of these as the same amount of hay, it is certain that cither the stomach must se crete the gastric juice five times as fast, which is hardly possible, or it must re tain this food five times as long. By feeding oats first, it can only be retained long enough for the proper digestion of hay, consequently it seems logical, when feeding a concentrated food like oats, with a bulky one like hay, to feed ii e latter first, giving tlie grain the who e time between the repasts to be digested. —Colvin. FARM, HARDEN AMI HOUSEHOLD Itatlis '••• Iniiuris. One very great reason why farmers become " stiff ad old" before their time is from their .." k id bathing and thorough lulls' Uiur exercise. l lie pro tessioual iiuiii who is fatigued in IMMIV seek- to r store hi- wasted energies w illi colli water, and the use of dumh heiis, w hit li, no iiintii' hut a man - oocupa tioll may be, straigilten out the mils' les ami bring iln-iii ml into action as noth ing else does. But the tallii. r, wlieli he is t'atiguexl. W hat diM She do? 11l niln eaS's "lit often 111- s>sk* his re u pirn iion in inactivity lie go. *toln d w itii out a bath, and Is gill* Ills dux's Work without a itath Oiua'a week. lik'-Aunt t'tioM-, h< has a" ■ -arm' up time," l>\ making himaelfclemi. Ami what is true of the farmer, is, in large part, true of the farmeritie. To take a bath r juir* s time and troulpe. S. i dis s < very thin- <*s< that is ot \ i .in It should not be taken when one is x iremely fatigued at night. But in the morning, altera nights rest, what is -more invi.oi ating' Salt should always he added and w itli fn -lily-draw n water one has II" Bissi t' l It" to tie- -e.-iside for bathing. A sponge or tov c! bath agr < - w tth many p, so, If in daily u-e il xvill mxat to be taken otiec a year crobably t the tinsuutli to have a -mall leakage in the bottom stopped, tut ■ *, indtsd. the owner has tie- huppx t i.-ultv of tloing lii- own "tinkering, l'o In- able to stililer basins ami isits ami l>atis is nil a eotuplishlU' lit Well worth ■he trouble of Im>\ - and girl* to acquire, md the 100 m t • ss;ry for the work ar< t'-xx and im xj-t n-ivt Hair mittens an excellent for producing a Irk-litinttn the -kin. a't'-r a bath, but the hath towel, which i* of iargt -i/r, of heavy qttu.i!) .ii cotton, i* preferable for every day u-e. It costs from twenty-five to thirty ■ flit* A I'.orof hr irinittelis cost- *1 .'*> It is a ou*l"iii in some pan* of Ger tuaiix for the head of the household to tx the ! itiiEx phx-i< i.-tti a errtain *un ist tuttiuiu to k'• p hi* family well. It it a <.** l plan The doctor drop* in now ami then, ask* nlntui the diet ami sani tary habit* of tlo- variou- mt-uilier* of tin family ami so ha* it ill hi- power to ipply the oun -of prexi-ntion It i* quite true that if patp.c ts'k half the ■ rouble U> krejt in hea.th that tle y take in otxler to g' t w ell when once ill, tht-re wouid Ite comparatively little disease. And one of these * tuitary "trouh > *" is the daily morning bath, which *<>OII If tatiiu s a luxury. The time consumed in taking it i* quickly made up by tlu strengtb ant! x igor it impart*. And it one cannot afford the huh tub, use a trge ba*in that will bold at .east six ;iiari*. But have the tub if you can One bail better go without a Sunday -uit than a bath tub. liural Sew Yorker. xv V'-ar ago, observing the report* of the high proiit obtained from | ar tps- cul ture, In- wa- induced to *• l out several thousand. They have had gtsd culture; they grow well; but they r tu*e to bear. thrifty, they xvill b more apt to b> injund during winter mdbligbtetl in stitiinier; not attain g* lu S|Miinh l.*i- Irr lr lilt* It ...I It, i.imi b .'ti' I'lU'l. Tlx- Albaiii! i I Ll, 'de It] Hl|l me one ••I tin profouud'-st iuipressiona of my W lion life, and I would iH-glad to repro duce if while here Upon tin--pot ill soliie lhilig lik< adequate language. Bui ihat III'! sure I ' allied do Lv en Washing ton Irxiiig fell short of the r> allly in hi* < lals'iateiy drawn picture of the hUtory, architiH-ture and legend* of. I am com pelled to Is-licve, one of tile tllokt re iiiarkable palace* iu tin- world; and yet In- bad three year* iu wbi'-li to study up the subject and execute hi* task, for be n-.-ided iliat length of time in tin- Aihaiu bra 1 In- guide to-day point- out to • uriou- \ isitors the rooui- that were oc ' uj.ied ty Washington Iriing. Entering the inclosure through the gri at gateway, we are surprised to sis al our right a large, partly -completed tuarhle structure of elaborate (ireclan ir. hit'-cture, hut evidently of coiupara* lively modern d ite. This i- an alsir tivc attempt ot I'harles V. to eclip-e the Alhatubra. It is at ouee an itujierli iienc ami failure. Had t'barle* com pleted it according to the original de sign, it would have b.en hut a monu ment of hi- stupidity and bad taste, and tin l ihie old palace of the Moor* would not have suffift*l l#y the comparison even a tciujs'rary eclipse. Except a* a sigua. example of mad folly, it should be pullist down and removed. Turning to the right of the palace of I'ltari'-s, and making a slight d- scent, in a moment more we an- in one of the court* of th< AI ham lira We hold our Im-aiti for a moment in rapt amazement and de.ight. and then exclaim, Iwauli* u!' Is-auliful! Aladdin - palace iu tin Arabian -tory, is l> fore u* in solid reality. It was iiupos*ible to take it all 111 at a glance, and so We tarried long in that outer court, feasting our eye* and r< _• i ing our -cus - unti. isith swam in a sea of joy. Aw iv. then, we went, from court to court, from room to riM>m. in adcliriutu • I'th igbl W.i.,"f doln in mu ll., ro- arking like purest fro-t work, flecked witli i x jUi-itc tint-, and dropping with frosty si i.actites, hung around u*. clus ter- of marble pillar*, supporting hal- coni* - of open tracery-work, also in Itlarhlt . surrounded the courts, and lisik cil as if the work of enchantment; rich mosaics, in many i-olors, soiuetiuo • llladc beautiful Wainscot, liofjic and ia il ing; while the bath still held Its crystal treasure iii which the goldtish disported, oh a! longing the sunbeam with its gold' n •call-*, and llie fountain of lion* still plnv'-d a- in llie days wlun ltoalxlii was master of the A hnanbra. tin , -< ,-n, and n-1 • r to be forgotten Hour alter hour w-i-nt by, and still we w'i*re rii c'<-ii to the I'harmed *IH1. But the sw.et,-i ordor tinally overpower tin-sen-s by exi-css; and so, afu-r a while, we stole away and aeeeniled the Ye.a tower, and .'Hiki-il abrxNxd over liount un and valley— o\ < r aventu - ot ••nil. groxe* of orange, olive and fig: over piains re ently ro h with harvest, but nn the lofty t4ixx. r and hs.k in the magnificent pano : una. front Sierra to Sierra, 1 < x.claim xx ith Moore: •• Thern i. not iu the wide world • vallr v mt A ' thst xi<- in sli"-* txHim the bright lrn inert; n.e last nxy o| )p- bus *"'l hi" u*T depart. F.ie the lilisttn ot tlisl x-allpy shall fade troin my heart. ' w and Unique Inxr-ntion. A corr- -;ondenl writ from IzHSihurg. t duo. to tb< im innati K'lffe: Quite an ev itcincnt . xist* in our unusually qui-t village at the pn-*'-nt time, tin- cause In-ing an invention by otic of our fellow it'/'-n* which *•* in* dd, pure gas can he produced hy the machine at a cost not to exceed twenty cents per thousand cubic fed. and earnestly in vite* practical UP n from all parts of the country to come, see and examine the workings of Jii* late invention. A Remarkable Escape. One day recently, as Frank Oarr, of AY est Hopkinton. Mass., was engaged in sawing lumlxer in Ids mill at that place, lie had occasion to lift a trap in the floor, just over the flume which the water flowed into, and through a spout six feet long on to an iron wheel, re volring horizontally, and which furnished power to move the machinery. The water wa* nlxout *ix feet dei'p in the flume, and the wheel was encased in a close, eircular wooden IH>\, within which it revoived with great velocity. Mr. Carr's attention being called away, he neglected to clow the trap. His txvo little girls, the one six and the other three years old. were playing in another part of the mill, hut soon tripped along to the near neighborhood of the o|cti trap, which they did not see. and the youngest accidentally tell into the flume and wan carried through the spout into the revolving wheel. At the instant the little girl disappeared her sister ex claimed, "Papa, sissy is killed!" Mr. Carr lookoiiieiy but tirmiy dismiss tin in. Sin* inii-f carry out implicitly the doc tor's dirivtion*, particularly those re garding mexiicine ami diet. Strict ola-di • ma* to 'ii* order*, a faithful, diligent, painstaking following ol hi* instruction* will insure to tin- sufferer the lw*t re su.i* from hi* and bring order, method and rego.arity into domestic nursing. A KntiitMav Girl's Life of TIMTJ. The Sister* of tin House of Mercy in Second avenue x ere qxtuk' lu d on< -Uttl met night atxiut two xear* ago by a timid ring at the door tie ; ,. Tliry found a girl who asked shelter for the night; ami a* *be Wo* neatly dressed and re pec table looking, they readily admitted her. Me gave tile name of lauie Kusll, and lex ag> a* *<-v. ntc n year*.but would -ay- no more. She was pretty, and her band* rliowial that *be was unused to work. She desired to be received a* an inmate of the institution, but the siters couid not ixttllpi) with her requet. and consequently she was taken to the York viilc polh < court. .lutiee Wandell. eonjer luring that the girl was a runaway, bnik b<-r aside ami qu<*stiori<*l her. and at 1< ngth drew out the confession that -he hat! run away from home, that her lathu' was a wi-il-10-do farmer near Stamford, t'onn.. that *be bar! read a gr. .a deal of life in tin- great city of N- w York, thai she had come to mt lor hcr eif. tluit b'C money was ail expended in paying IUT fare, ami that she went hun gry the tir*t d.av, until directed by a po i man t* the tlou*< of Metx-v. Justice A\'an4i4-.i detatnial le r until lie cuid ixommuni'at4 xx ith her parent.*, and they received her gladly, A raggi-d and tmax iated woman, still young, though agt*l by misery, entered ihe Yorkxile imiicr xi'ttrt yesterday. • u*ti.-4- AA'aadel, was on the IH n> h. The young-old woman *at4l that sin- had no home ami no mon-y, and expeb-d *4Kn t• • Ite a motln-r. Justice Wandell looki-d it In r sharply. an"U f.izzie Ru-h s*" 5 *" " YV*. I wa* Lizzie Ku*b." The young-old woman told tlicjustice that she lived with her parent* for a year, and tliat then the desire for city life overcame her: tliat an ohi man ;HT on. When the 4-a*e ol Weldon against Wehlon wa* rxiijix! in the ESM-X Mark<-1 'Xiurt, a pleasant-faced woman about forty years old stepped to tlie witness stand and a young m.-ui of about tw enty j tn<* was placed at the priminer's b.-ir. " Remove your veil," said the justice, and tlic woman did *4, allowing black and blue mark*, disfiguring lu-r aunte tianie "That i* your son?" said the magistrate. " AG s. sir." *!ie answered, tears gath ering in lur d irk blue eyes. " Ami In- has beaten you?" " A"<-s. but pardon turn. Y'ou can convict me. V nice liyt><- '•rit4' you are to make * charge against m< and tli< n trv t4i " "Don't listen to him, your honor. Ho j doesn't mean what he says." says the mother. " Y'oung man," *aid the court, "you have not fa-en content xvitli beating ymur mother, but you must jibe at ln-r un feignexi love for you. You are s ( -nt to the island for four month* in default of SIOO bxii to keep the peace." I "My !HV! my poor iny!" sail! the mother, crying bitterly, a* she left the txuirt room. "—— licr!" wa* the son's comment. "a pity I diitn't break lu-r head while I was atn>ut it!"—Artie York Herald. Flavoring the Meals of Animals. M. Monciar. a noted agriculturist in France, ha* suggested a singular pl-n I for varying the flavor of meal. lie | imagines that by ti-raling eattic. sheep. | pig* and poultry in a particular way. or ratber'bv flavoring tlu-ir final in various ways, tlu-ir flesh may ln-rendcnsi much niorr' agreeable to rim palate than it often is. M Monciar instance* caws in which ban * killed in a wormwood field, lark* shot in a cabbage tielil and eggs laid by liens which had eaten diseased silk worms bad such a nauwous tasb- that no one could touch them; while, upon the other hand, *ome ducks ami tielil fares which had he. n fed upon sprigs of juni per had a delicious flavor. He lias mad.-several experiment*— among oth ers three upon tame rabbits, winch be led xvitli the waste of anise-seed, witli barley and bran containing a slight flavoring of juniper, and with barley anil bran containing a little essence of thyme. In each case he found that the flesh of these animals was far better eat ing than tliat of rabbits fattened in the ordinary way, and yet there was no trace of anise s.-cd or juniper in the taste. His conclusion is tliat cattle, sheep and pigs might be led in the same way. and that by varying the flavoring matter the href, mutton and pork might be made to have several different tastes. Alexis St. Martin, the remarkable sub ject whose stomach was laid open by n wound fifty-seven years ago. and on whom so many observations of the pro cess of gastric digestion have been made, is still living at St. Thomas, Canada, hale and hearty, at the age |of eighty sevgn. ________ A printer'#standing is established by ui* setting. Yonkarx statesman. NUMBER 34. TIMKI-l TOPIC*. A #|eei*| number of ( (Congressional Htrord, lately iwiued, show* that i|m es timated value of tin- uwk'Tt* 1 taken in Aufiiinn water* during n period of live \ln-ginning July 1.1*73. and ending June 30, IK7*. wan (|O,SW?aG. Tie total value of the marine ftnlpfin of Canada for the year I*7o in i *iirnitf-•! to b (11.003.ftM. Tin mtiwittnl value of tin* iDtrißcllilirrietuf the t.'nit<*tl State* in tin* same year wa (TO.'JTH.HSa Tii* Argentine Republic seems des tined to btriimi' h formidable competitor with the United Mat<-* in tile grain in ark ft* of tlir world. Tin* ex porta of wheat from that country lor the prevent year will foot up ft.noo.ooo bu*beia. This amount is expwted to lie doubled next year and quintupled the year after, i'hew predictions are based ou the pre*. <*nl heavy emigration into the republic from Germany. France. Spain and Italy, partieularly from the last named eoun try. An event. perhaiMt without parallel in tiw* history of medical science in Flng land. liuwvurml in London. the " blue yib&nd " of the profession Imr ing be-n carried off by n Japanese student. At the diitlribut ion of prixcs at St. Thorn**' lloK|iitai, the gold • medal—tut honor coveted and striven for by every student w ho hopes to occupy a woruty position among tii'-d ical nim-wu awarded to Koncutro Tnkaki. ol Japan. Xot satis fied with this honor, the young for eigner also carried off the Chiaelden medal for surgery and anatomy. In the neighborhood of 11> udxn. France —the home of this popular French 11r>-cl of hens, which ha* never obtained great favor in this country, however— immense establishment* are in operation lor supplying egg* and poultry to the I'ari* market*. The main object in breeding i* to keep an early-maturing breed. so that chicka are saleable at three month* old. Hatchingand rearing an* carried on artificially, and the work far proves that chick* thu* hatched are found to be more lively and stronger than those from eggs incubated by hens, and also to grow and fatten quicker For young chicks the food consists of milk, buttermilk, barley, or oatmeai and rice. ttne of the most important features in recent studies of tlie soil, especially by experimenters abroad, relates to its physical characteristics: and lite (act is IM ing more generally resxignirud that the influence of the soil u;w>n the life and growth of the plant is determined quite a* much, possibly more, by its physical <{Uaiii)c —iu> relations to water and beat—which bare hitherto been almost wholly overlooked, a* ly its chemical character, which has beta given the more attention. The investigations so far made indicate a most interesting field for inquiry, and the results that arc to come front this now phase of agricuU tural study must be both novel and val uable. A curious plant ha been discovered in Wisconsin which produces a kind of cotton and flax from the same stalk. It has a.ready been woven into fabric, and. as any article that will make as good cloth as can he made from this p.attl wiil tnake good paper, it has been called Ute taper plant. It >-an he planted in the spring and cut in the fall and winter. It blear be* ilaelf white as it stands, and wiil yield at least three or four tons to the a/ re. Front a single root that was transplanted at Appleton last spring grew twenty large stalks, with 350 pods (containing the cotton), with at least sixty MSHIS in each. From tliis root were obtained seven ounces of pure cot ton and over half n pound of flax. It is a very heavy plant, and grows from six to seven feet high. In a Water Spent. Tlx* Denver (Col.) Tribune has this account of a terrific storm anil water spout that (K-rurml in that region i-e --eent In conversation with* gentlemen who vr*< stopping ft>r a few davs at the board ing-house, near the sawmill at Thomp son'*. tin- informant said: We had a terriblehail storm shortly after 3 o'clock, and stone* .• hie a* lien'* eggs fell thick and fast. While we wen' st Hiding at a safe distance from the windows, for nearly every pane of glass was broken, we saw a most remarkable phenomenon, accompanied by a dull, heavy, roaring sound like distant thunder. A large volume of what we aftei ward (bund to !e water was seen at the ton of the mountain, coming closer and closer like an immense (unnei. As it approached the noise became almost deafening, and one old gentleman who was standing in the door, for we had all assembled in an--i --ble, and started to walk to the train, about seven miles distant. When we reached there we found it was a wreck ing train with a coach attached, and after Iving delayed several hours for the wreckers to prepare the track, we started on our way home. The Origin of " IHxie." A writer to the Baltimore GateUe in quires shout tlie origin of the word '• Dixie," and the editor replies as fol lows : Some rears ago, long before the war, a very musical family by the name of Dixie lived in Worcester, Mass. One of the brothers. Walston Dixie, we be lieve, decided to. apply his talents in the negro minstrelsy line and soon the famous Dixie Minstrels were known from oil'' end of the country to the other. This same founder of the troupe wrote the celebrated soig "Dixie's Land," which attained such popularity. It was verily the land for him, as he found in the Southern States the germs of the quaint negro songs which he brushed up anil placed in his pro gramme. The South adopted the song and hence allowed this gifted minstrel of Massachusetts to give that section of the country a new name, which will always stick. Many songs were adopted and scetionalixed in this way. Our own "Yankee Doodle" was written by an Englishman us a satire, 'hut our nn< i stors picked it right up and iruve !•. n boVne, * To-Marrow." Oh, tirn* of ptwniaa W*. That never thra* 1 Day Mt hi golden air, Hedged round with riatoaa rara- What real it givae To ami* weighed down by oare. Ob. day of high dmira, That never dica' Touch at I'remetlieui lira, litting hope'* alow flame bigfaoi Toward native aklea. Mending hle'e broken lyre. : Oh, day of raoompmas To true eeaay' Give faith in place of aenae; Be our atrength la dafenoe # Against to-day, Oh, day of rapompenae' B. K- I Y,tu. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Living in* vein -The blood. Cur* to mankind—The dog-daya. The weather in England !• lavn go- I ing very much against the grain. t Toledo, Ohio, eatiniate* it* reeripta o wheat thia season at 25.000.ntW buahela Cleaniineait ia the foe th.it slnva yellow jack, cholera and all odier allies of the i grave. " iiuainena carried on witliout pub ; licity" muat he tit# motto of the man ; Uiat doean't advertiae. j Sleepy Tom, wlki made at Chicago tlie fastest oaring time on record—one mile iin 2. 12| —ia an Ohio bwrae. " Your time ha come!" remarked Mra. ; Nobha, a* the jeweler "a lioy brought in her huaband'a watch.— Xcw York Nw A mummy'* head recently brought to England from Egypt bt*wm drenched with sea-water and looked lilc-itk when | unpacked. A Utile girl in New York caused the irrent of a female thief, who had stolen a ring from the Utile one and waa utak ! ing off with it. The dh Mmisfi of tlie railroad* of the United Slate* for Itffß wire (1H7.575,- 177, gain of f 17,000,000 over the net • timing* for IW7. Mr. I>io of the Chinese legation at Washington flourishes a fan uipulation of Eng ine! ia 25.165.336, that of Scotland, 207,453. and thai of Ireland 5.063.324. Archeries in England liave lor *n turiea heen supplied with bows of Eng lish make. Two >ea ago the manu facture waa l*-gun in thi* country, and American twwi ar now largeiy exported to England. Tliere ia a man in Pari* who makes a living by attending funeral* for the sake of the black crap- ana glove# distributed •>n uch occasions. The **] of i!h brings him in fire ftane* daily, and for a dollar a day a man may live comfortably in Parit. "Johnny." aaid a fond mother to her loy, " which would you ratle-r ilo. *peak French or Spanish'" " I would ratlier," said Johnny, ruldring hi* wai*t-hand and looking impressively at the table. " I would rather talk Turkey."—intra kUsU Hrouttr. Moldinens occasioned by the growth of minute vegetation. Ink, paste, leather and seed* moot frequently suffer from and by it. A clove wih preserve ink: any ea. aential oil answer* the same purpme-d Alum and twin are um*l to prevent book hinders' paste from molding. These European monarch* are great ladies' men. Emperor William'* fre quent visiu to Erna are a matter of notoriety, and now we read that Prince Alexander of Itavaria arrived at Sophia, and waa received with great enthusiasm It'# ridi ukma.— SomerrilU Journal. A New Haven firm recently sh'pped an elegant coupe to San Franciaoo. in closed in a can va* covering, and some impecunious chap made it furnish him a free ride to the Pacific by getting into it at Xs' Haven .-md taking eJong a good supply nf food for hit ten days' journey. Tlie whole population of tlie thirteen ookmie* in l?ftl t* estimated at 1.700.00 U. Maaaaihtisett* and Pennsylvania fteing the most populous. To-day we estimate the population of the United State* at 45.U0U.U00. There were at tin- time re ferred to 15.000 slaves in the New Eng land States. The Imperial museum at Vienna low lately become possessed of some of tlie instrument* used by Australian savage* Pi induce their pxi* to give litem rain. Tliesc are smali ianoef-ftiaped pieo* of wood iniiwi-d with red ocher and rudely engraved. They arc used in mysterious ceremonies attended with incantations. The painter Z haa a comical littlg servant Toe other day Madame Z scolded her fir being away all day. " Madame doe not know," replied the ingenuous soubrette. " that Monsieur or dered me to go to tb* salon and remain ali day?" "What for?" "To be a iTowd In front of his picture!" A Florida letter says: ** A novel fea ture of the cattfr trade is the co-opera tion oi the mosquito in their management on the range. One of the largest owner* said that without tlie aid of the mos quito three tim as many men would he required to herd and gather. Outof tlie mosquito season the cattle get as wild as deer, but owing to these pests they congregate, bciximc docile and easy to manage. on, WHY * "Ob. youth, wuh smooth. *ait-papered pate, The night is dark, the hour is Is to. Wliy do you linger on my gate'" •' I stay to help your daughter hold This gate upon its hinges old; Go in, old man, you'ie catching cold!" The old man sought his little bed And on i! laid hi* patient hoad; " I think my gate i* sale. ' he said. —Ctnnnnmli SUr. The Finest Diamonds in the World. Western sovereigns are not tlie posses sors of the tinrat diamonds in the world, tor the Rsjalis of Milan. Borneo, and the Shalt of Persia have the largest hitherto known. The one belonging to the Em peror cf the Moguls weighed 28? carats (about four grains each), and was valued at (3,400,000. The fatuous tfrioff. the property of the Russian crown, is one of the most remarkable diamonds, on ac count of the well-known circumstances under which it was brought to Etfrope. The large stone lie longing to the Em peror of Braail.which weighs I,73ocarats, would be worth many millions were not its brilliancy diminishM by certain de fwts. The Sultan of Nizam's diamond weighs 400 carats; that of the Emperor of Austria twenty-nine grains; and that of the King of Portugal, twent v-five and a half grains. The famous Koh-i-Noor. or Mountain of Light, is-the property of the Queen of England. The one which adorned the tiara of Pitts IX.. and was bequeathed by hint to his successor. Leo XIII., is one of the finest stones known. It came from the treasury of the Dukeof Burgundj >•' at Granson. It was sold after the ba,—t- t Jew at Berne for three crowns, then successively for 5.000 and 6.000 ducats, and afterward purchaseti for M.ooo ducats by Luigi Stonca, from whom it passed into the hands of Pope Julius 11. for 90,000 ducats. Every one knows that the " Regent," of the weight of 136 carat*, is the diamond belonging to the French re galia. Connoisseurs consider it to lie worth $2.400,000. — Paris HalignitiH. Pope trad Brigand. Sitting Bull's exploits, and his method of avoiding their penalty, are closely paralleled by the career of Gaetano Mamwone, an Italian brigand of the sixteenth eentury. who alone sucissxlcd in hailling tlie efforts of Pope Sixtus V. to establish order in the Papal States. When hard pressed, Mammone and his thirty followers were wont to retreat into the territory ola robber noble who was at feud with the Pope, while during their forays they found shelter in a cave among the mountains, with tlie entrance of which no one was acquainted but themselves. Sixuis, however, was not to be defied with impunity. He sent one of his most trusty familiars past this stronghold in the disguise of a carrier, with a train of mules laden with wine. The robbers eagerly flew upon the tempting booty, drank the wine with shouts of merriment, and fell asleep to wake no more, for the liquor was poi soned. The next day the Pope publicly announced the destruction of the band, and improved the occasion by a tlis eour*e Upon the text: ,"8o Ist all tliina enemies p H*|i, O T-ora."